Since my foray into 8 year old soccer didnt work- My Sister in Law asked me to make this piece for her friend Kelly who is in a women’s roller derby team in Vero Beach Florida- I thought this turned out great, and was a nice logo for their team. My new creative partner, David Paul, did the custom font and lettering for them. Unlike the kid’s soccer league they wanted it “hardcore”- so this was a perfect project for me to do for them. Check out their team’s website on my “friends” links.
Here is the final inked art- done in one week- and Andrew’s final poster/promo art with Actor Sam Eidson in it. The trailer and website for this movie are in my links section. If it gets made, I get a credit in a film, so look out Hollywood. This job turned out great, and has been a personal and professional catalyst for me as an artist- Thanks Andrew and Katie, I’ll never forget that you gave me a chance and believed in me!
So- I was struggling to do this, and then a wall broke down, and “pow” these pencils came out, and I loved them- the work speaks for itself!
Now at this point, I was still fired up- but, a samurai without direction is nothing but a masterless “Ronin”. So in May 2011, I got an email from Indie GOGO about a fundraiser for the movie about the greatest Dungeon Master of all Time- this made me laugh and I wrote Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham (directors/producers/creators) of this film , Zero Charisma, a note asking If I could help. And Lo and Behold he wrote back and said they very much needed some help with some pen and ink fantasy work for a fundraising packet and poster- and I would have one week to produce a poster based on a sketch idea he had. A real client and a deadline, right up my alley, so I just had to produce- And your humble narrator did produce- so Thanks Andrew and Katie for believing in me and turning me loose. When your film gets financed, I look forward to blowing your mind again. Save me a seat at the premiere.
Here is the concept from Andrew-
My Sister in Law, Rebecca, asked me to make a logo for my niece’s 8 and under soccer team “The Luna Chicks”- because they are crazy girls who are 8- but you get it. Anyway, Rebecca told me I was a great artist and the kids would love it- well I made this and it was too intense for the kids- and they didnt use it. But it was nice to have people asking for work again, and I thought it was a cool logo- even for 8 year old girls.
My next rehab project- BEAST MAN from Masters of the Universe- I eventually will ink this, and will do all the classic, and awesome villains, from this 80’s property- no reference used for this project.
Ken Brown and I made a website called www.bonethefish.com in 2009 to make up for the now gone www.jumptheshark.com website- this was the logo, and one of my first attempts to get back into making up creative unique illustrations- a solid logo, and you can even buy it on a tie, shirt, placemat etc. via the website merchandise section on BTF- check it out! Ken colored this and showered me with praise for getting back into the game- thanks for the encouragement and nice coloring Kenny!
Another photo reference rehab project- liked the hands and feet and overall motion of this drawing.
This was my first pencil piece without using reference- just from scratch after the hiatus. I was pleased with it- especially the hands.
Another photo reference rehab pencil project.
